ASME Codes and Standards Free 14: How They Support Innovation and Collaboration in Engineering

The City of Chicago is currently in the middle of a multi-year effort to comprehensively update its construction requirements based on widely-used model codes and standards while maintaining provisions that are well-adapted to local conditions. Phase 2 of Construction Code Modernization will be phased in between June 2019 and August 2020. For more information of Chicago's Construction Code Modernization project click here.

Requirements for elevators, escalators, and other conveyance devices are found in Title 14C (effective October 1, 2018). These requirements are partially based on and incorporate provisions of model codes published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and other standards development organizations. These documents are available for purchase from their respective publishers:

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The Chicago Electrical Code (Title 14E of the Municipal Code) incorporates provisions of the 2017 National Electrical Code, which is published by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). These provisions are incorporated by reference and not reprinted in the ordinance. A free, read-only document which compiles the model code provisions and amendments adopted by the City of Chicago, hosted by NFPA, can be viewed at: -and-standards/all-codes-and-standards/codes-and-standards/free-access?mode=view&t=other&c=CHNEC2017. For frequent users of the code, this compiled version of the Chicago Electrical Code is available for purchase from NFPA in various formats.

Addenda for ASHRAE Standards, including continuous maintenance standards, are available online in PDF format. Standards that are on continuous maintenance are continuously updated through addenda and ASHRAE makes these available free online.Addenda

The Main Committee of ITSDF has affirmed the following standards. Copies of these standards are available for free upon request, but can only be obtained by your agreement not to charge for subsequent distribution, and by giving your name, company name and email address.

NFPA The National Fire Codes is a compilation of codes, standards, recommended practices, and guides from the National Fire Protection Association. We have the 2009 edition of the National Fire Codes in Reference, TH9111.N375a. NFPA 70 is the National Electrical Code (NEC). 2ff7e9595c